Scale for typewriting machines



1,417,91 1. Patented y 30, 1922.

E. B. HESS AND L. C. MYERS.

SCALE FOR TYPEWRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27, 1921.

enlinP-S Edward .B. Hess Lewis CJlfi fs-r's Z 17liPAFEO77l9 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BERNARD HESS 'AND LEWIS CARY MYERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,ASSIGNORS T ROYAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SCALE FOR TYPEWRITING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1922.

Original application filed January 13, 1921, Serial No. 436,924. Dividedand this application ii'led May 27, 1921. Serial No. 473,173.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD BERNARD HEss and LEWIS CARY MYERS, bothcitizens of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, county of Kings,city and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Scales for Typewritmg Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

This application is a division of our app ilication for patent filedJan. 13, 1921, 0. 436,924.

This lIlVBIltlOll relates to devices for holding cards, envelopes, etc.,in printing position on the platen, and which are provided withindicating scales.

According tothis invention means is provided for. securely holding thecard, envelope or the like in place and for readily attaching it to asuitable part of the machine. v

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portionof a typewriting machine with our improvements applied.

Figure 2 shows a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. j

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the scale detached. I

The carriage platen is indicated at A, the type-bar segment at B, andthe type guide at C. A ribbon guide or vibrator is shown at D, and apart of the carriage frame at E.

The shift rail F is supported. by a frame Gr to which the vibrator isconnected, as 1ndicated at g. H indicates a card scale. I

The scale, shown detached in Fig. 3, comprises an upper, horizontal,graduated plate h, formed with outwardly turned curved ends h, and ithas a central opening it. It is also formed at its outer end withprojections it which are adapted to bear against the card, envelope orpaper being printed. Similar proje'ctionsc' are formed on the plate onopposite sides of, and near, thecentral opening 12. and there are alsoprojections j interposed between the projections h" and The scale isgraduated, as shown, the scale marks extending along the upper edge ofthe plate and also into the pro ections.

In this way the card or envelope printed upon is very securely held inplace, and the scale is especially useful when the bottom portion 0 theenvelope is being printed.

These devtices also cooperate very nicely with the paper rolls K locatedabove them and which are adjustable towards and from each other on therod K.

The scale plate It is attached by means of screws Z to the upper partsof the side members of the bracket which are connected by a cross-pieceL. The upper portions of these side members are extended downwardly,rearwardly and then downwardly again, as indicated in Fig. 2, and areattachcd as at g, to the front portion of the frame G below the shiftrail. The side members L are prolonged to a considerable extent abovethe upper edge of the scale plate, providing fingers Z which bear firmlyon the card or article being held.

The cross-piece L is provided with a gointer Z cooperating with acarriage scale I of the usual kind.

The scale H contains novel features and the construction is such as toenable the scale to be properly associated with the type guide C and theribbon vibrator D.

-The members L, connected by the crosspiece L, constitute a bracket forsupporting the scale plate and for connecting it to the subframe of thecarriage.

' We claim as our invention:

1. A scale for typewriting machines having a central opening andcarrying on each side of the opening a plurality of projections adaptedto bear on the card, envelope or paper with which it engages, and abracket to which the scale is secured and which is rigidly attached tothe shift frame.

2. A scale for typewriting machines having a central opening and at itsupper edge a plurality of projections extending across the line ofprint, and a bracket to which the scale is secured, having portionsattached to a vertically movable part of the machine and having acentral. portion provided with a pointer.

3. A scale for typewriting machines having projections on its upper edgeadapted to bear against the card, envelope or paper with which itengages, a bracket to which on each side of the central opening, and abracket to which the scale is secured comprising two members havingprojections above the scale and parts below the scale adapted to besecured to a part of thecarriage frame and provided with a pointerarranged centrally of the machine.

5. A scale for typewriting machines having a central opening and at itsupper edge a plurality of projections extending across the line ofprint, a bracket to which the scale is secured having portions attachedto a part of the machine and having a central portion provided With apointer, all of these

